Re: Rank taxonomy (was Re: Cladism (akin to masochism))

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM>]

 From: jpoling@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Poling)
 > 
 > >        4               Theropoda               2
 > >        5               Saurapodamorpha         2
 > >        6               Tetanurae               4
 > >        7               Coelurosauria           6
 >                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 > 
 >     Anybody wanna guess why _the Dinosauria_ lists no species for the
 > Coelurosauria except those that are Theropoda incertae sedis?
 > Am I missing a clade somewhere?

I forget, where does it place Ornitholestes and Compsognathus?
They belong more or less directly under Coelurosauria.
 > 
 > >        8               Maniraptora             7

That is, along with Maniraptora.

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